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[Illoo hohtsee, hohtseeawnoo]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Harry Coopersmith Tune Sources: Traditional Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 35555 65435 55565 Used With Text: Had He Brought Us out of Egypt
[Illoo hohtsee, hohtseeawnoo]

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If Our God Had Simply Saved Us

Author: Don Pickard Meter: 5.8.5.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Refrain First Line: Dadayeinu, dadayeinu Lyrics: 1 If our God had simply saved us, merely brought us out of Egypt, only opened up our prison: Dayeinu! [Refrain:] Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, Dadayeinu, dayeinu, Dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, Dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! 2 If our God had split the Red Sea: made a way through walls of water, only opened up the waters: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 3 If our God had kept our feet dry, kept our heads above the water, kept us safely without drowning: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 4 If our God had brought us over, led us safely on to dry land; (even though it was a desert) Dayeinu! [Refrain] 5 If our God had only led us, only gone ahead to guide us, given cloud and fire to lead us: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 6 If our God had only brought us to the awful fire at Sinai: filled us all with dread at Sinai: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 7 If our God had spoken to us only one word through the thunder merely whispered on the mountain: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 8 If our God had given to us less than Ten Words as prescription simply told us: "Take the tablets!" Dayeinu! [Refrain] 9 If our God had laid the law down: tabled in the words by Moses: only given us the Torah: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 10 If our God had given us manna, daily sent down bread from heaven, simple manna in the desert: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 11 If our God had only given seventh day for joy and gladness, without all the rest to help us: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 12 If our God had from a mountain let us glimpse the land of promise, only gaze across the Jordan: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 13 If our God had, through the river, led us to dry bread and water and not laid on milk and honey: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 14 If our God had fed us only: feasted us upon the mountain -- not inviting all the neighbours: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 15 But our God, who holds the banquet, calls the whole world into freedom: opens up the new creation: Dayeinu! [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Biblical Places Red Sea; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Holy Week; Exodus; Prisoner(s); Water; Holy Thursday Year A Used With Tune: DAYEINU Text Sources: Trad. Hebrew
If Our God Had Simply Saved Us

Had He Brought Us out of Egypt

Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Illoo hohtsee, hohtseeawnoo (Had He brought us out of Egypt) (אִלּוּ הוֹצִיאָֽנוּ) Refrain First Line: Dahdahyaynoo, dahdahyaynoo Topics: Passover Hymns and Songs Used With Tune: [Illoo hohtsee, hohtseeawnoo] Text Sources: Traditional
Had He Brought Us out of Egypt
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If Our God Had Only Called Us

Author: Janet Wootton, 1952- Appears in 1 hymnal Refrain First Line: Dadayeinu, dadayeinu Lyrics: 1 If our God had only called us, called us out to be His people, and not mentioned giving service, dayeinu! Refrain: Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu! 2 If our God had let us serve in pious forms of prayer and worship, and not made us care for others, dayeinu! [Refrain] 3 If our God had done the caring without using human aid, or if those humans hadn't been us - dayeinu! [Refrain] 4 Or if God had only told us, "Care for others" in the abstract, and not said, "Right, there they are then!" Dayeinu! [Refrain] 5 If our God had made the world obey the rules of living kindness - we'd have helped the genteel needy - dayeinu! [Refrain] 6 If we could have met their need by running jumbles in our spare time: gentle doves dispensing favors - dayeinu! [Refrain] 7 If our God had never told us, "You must be as wise as serpents": Innocence would do us nicely - dayeinu! [Refrain] 8 If we could have kept our hands clean, worked within our holy huddle, and not face to face with Mammon, dayeinu! [Refrain] 9 But our God has given us a call to serve in the real world. Where is He in all this chaos? Dayeinu! [Refrain] Topics: Calling; Commandments / Law; Justice; Peace; Stewardship; Service Scripture: Exodus 6:7 Used With Tune: DAYEINU
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If Our God Had Simply Saved Us

Author: Don Pickard Hymnal: Voices United #131 (1996) Meter: 5.8.5.6 Refrain First Line: Dadayeinu, dadayeinu Lyrics: 1 If our God had simply saved us, merely brought us out of Egypt, only opened up our prison: Dayeinu! [Refrain:] Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, Dadayeinu, dayeinu, Dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, Dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! 2 If our God had split the Red Sea: made a way through walls of water, only opened up the waters: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 3 If our God had kept our feet dry, kept our heads above the water, kept us safely without drowning: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 4 If our God had brought us over, led us safely on to dry land; (even though it was a desert) Dayeinu! [Refrain] 5 If our God had only led us, only gone ahead to guide us, given cloud and fire to lead us: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 6 If our God had only brought us to the awful fire at Sinai: filled us all with dread at Sinai: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 7 If our God had spoken to us only one word through the thunder merely whispered on the mountain: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 8 If our God had given to us less than Ten Words as prescription simply told us: "Take the tablets!" Dayeinu! [Refrain] 9 If our God had laid the law down: tabled in the words by Moses: only given us the Torah: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 10 If our God had given us manna, daily sent down bread from heaven, simple manna in the desert: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 11 If our God had only given seventh day for joy and gladness, without all the rest to help us: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 12 If our God had from a mountain let us glimpse the land of promise, only gaze across the Jordan: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 13 If our God had, through the river, led us to dry bread and water and not laid on milk and honey: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 14 If our God had fed us only: feasted us upon the mountain -- not inviting all the neighbours: Dayeinu! [Refrain] 15 But our God, who holds the banquet, calls the whole world into freedom: opens up the new creation: Dayeinu! [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Biblical Places Red Sea; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Holy Week; Exodus; Prisoner(s); Water; Holy Thursday Year A Languages: English; Hebrew Tune Title: DAYEINU
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If Our God Had Only Called Us

Author: Janet Wootton, 1952- Hymnal: Hymns for a Pilgrim People #439 (2007) Refrain First Line: Dadayeinu, dadayeinu Lyrics: 1 If our God had only called us, called us out to be His people, and not mentioned giving service, dayeinu! Refrain: Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu! 2 If our God had let us serve in pious forms of prayer and worship, and not made us care for others, dayeinu! [Refrain] 3 If our God had done the caring without using human aid, or if those humans hadn't been us - dayeinu! [Refrain] 4 Or if God had only told us, "Care for others" in the abstract, and not said, "Right, there they are then!" Dayeinu! [Refrain] 5 If our God had made the world obey the rules of living kindness - we'd have helped the genteel needy - dayeinu! [Refrain] 6 If we could have met their need by running jumbles in our spare time: gentle doves dispensing favors - dayeinu! [Refrain] 7 If our God had never told us, "You must be as wise as serpents": Innocence would do us nicely - dayeinu! [Refrain] 8 If we could have kept our hands clean, worked within our holy huddle, and not face to face with Mammon, dayeinu! [Refrain] 9 But our God has given us a call to serve in the real world. Where is He in all this chaos? Dayeinu! [Refrain] Topics: Calling; Commandments / Law; Justice; Peace; Stewardship; Service Scripture: Exodus 6:7 Languages: English Tune Title: DAYEINU
If Our God Had Only Called Us

Daiyenu (Exodus)

Author: Eugene B. Navias Hymnal: Bible Songs on Timeless Themes #15 (1991) First Line: Had He only, had He only Refrain First Line: Daidaiyenu, Daidaiyenu Languages: English; Hebrew Tune Title: [Had He only, had He only]
Daiyenu (Exodus)

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Janet Wootton

b. 1952 Person Name: Janet Wootton, 1952- Author of "If Our God Had Only Called Us" in Hymns for a Pilgrim People
Janet Wootton

Don Pickard

Translator of "If Our God Had Simply Saved Us" in Voices United
Don Pickard

Nicholas Williams

Arranger of "DAYEINU" in Voices United
Nicholas Williams

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